A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper to look for a boy to work in his office . From nearly 1. （五十）people , he chose one and refused the 2. （其他）.

“I should like to know ,” said one of his 3. （朋友）, “ Why do you 4. （更喜欢）that boy ? He didn’t have a letter or a recommendation .”

“You’re wrong,” said the gentleman . “ He had a great many . He closed the door5. （在……后面）him . That showed that he was careful . He gave his seat at once to that old man . I found that he was kind and thoughtful . He took off his cap when he came in and answered my question at once. That showed he was 6. （礼貌的）and friendly .”

“I threw some books on the floor by myself and some people went over them , but that boy picked them up and put them on the table . He waited quietly for his turn 7. （代替）of pushing. When I talked to him，I found his 8. （衣服）were tidy , his hair was 9. （刷，梳）clearly and his finger nails were clean . I think these are more important 10. （比）a letter and a recommendation.”

Since her husband died , Mrs. Jackson 1. （live）alone in her big old house . The house was bought by her husband almost fifty years ago. For the sake of safety , her daughter has tried hard to ask her to sell the house 2. buy a new and small one in the town . But Mrs. Jackson doesn’t like the idea . She says that she has to look after her 3. (husband) old house . But these days , she often hears of stories about unknown people 4. steal things around here.

That was 5. cold day before Christmas Eve . Around four o’clock in the afternoon , Mrs. Jackson was enjoying the Christmas music 6. someone knocked at the door . She heard the sound but didn’t move . Another knock . Who could it be ? Mrs. Jackson was a bit afraid . She decided not to answer the door but kept 7. (wait) .

One minute another minute and yet another minute , 8. (something) happened and no more knocks . She walked quietly to the door , and listened . She heard nothing but the wind outside . She 9. (slow) unfastened (打开) the door and watched through the crack (缝隙) . She then gave a surprised cry and threw the door wide open ! At the door , she saw a tall , beautiful Christmas! Under the tree was a Christmas card with these 10. (word) :

Merry Christmas !

Your new neighbour

任务型阅读（本题共有5小题， 每小题1分， 共计5分）

请仔细阅读第1-5题中的情境要求， 从六首歌曲（节选）中为各情境选出符合要求的最佳选项， 其中一项为多余选项。

1.It’s December 29th, Emily plans to have a New Year’s party at home . She wants to invite all her friends to the joyous party .

2.January 30th is a special day for Paul and Jenny because three years ago they met each other and fell in love with each other on that day .

3.Max’s father is going to have his 40th birthday. Max wants to hold a small family party for him to show his love to his father .

4.Ferro is one-year-old baby . Every night when he is going to sleep, his mother will sing a gentle song to him .

5.Alice cares about the environment we live in. She wants to hold a school meeting to ask her classmates to take part in saving the earth .

书面表达(（本题共有1小题， 共计20分）

每个人的成长都是一种蜕变的过程，从幼稚走向成熟，从逆境走向成功,请你回忆一下你在成长过程中所经历的一次蜕变，把它写出来与我们一起分享，好吗？要求短文内容包含以下信息：1.变化前后分别是什么样子的？

2.促成你转变的主要原因是什么？

3.你为此变化而付出了怎样的努力？

4.谈谈你变化后的感受。

提示：1.字数要求在80-100词左右

2.短文中不能出现真实姓名和校名等信息

3.开头已给出不计入总数。

makes me change

I used to be

__________ man in blue is a teacher of __________ university in America .

A. A ; the B. A ; a

C. The ; a D. The ; an

. _________ of the twins has seen the new film ， so they knew nothing about it.

A. Neither B. None C. Both D. All

I don’t know if he __________ tomorrow. If he __________ ， I will call you .

A .will come,comes B. comes,will come

C. comes,comes D. will come,will come

-___ fine weather it is today!

-Yes， the sunshine is ______ beautiful that I’d like to have a picnic instead of staying at home.

A. How; such B. How; so

C. What；so D. What; such

– I have seen the film “ Hunger Games 2 ” already . It’s great .

-- When __________ you __________ it ?

A. have,seen B. will ,see

C. had,seen D. did,see

–Which lesson are we going to study?

–We are going to study .

A. Lesson Fifth B. Lesson Five

C. the five lesson D. fifth lesson